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"The Annexe"

by Fingersmith

“The Annexe” is the highly anticipated debut album from Cork 4 piece Fingersmith and is the first release from Subplot Records. This is not an album that aims to grow steadily into your affections, nor is it here to follow the latest trends and the rules of the day. This eleven track titan is here to stand up, smack you in the face, put its arms to its sides and dare you to press repeat. From the opening track “Pogo”, a troubled narrative about an unlikely killer, the album takes off with an intensity which continues to build to the final defiant bone crunching chord of “Sub”, a chilling ode to an existence ruled by inherent human error. Prowling the control room is producer Neil Caulderwood of Manor Park Studios – undisputedly the right man to harness the ferocity of Fingersmith’s ballsy sound, having produced celebrated records for the likes of Fighting With Wire (Atlantic Records), The Answer, and Dublin’s Home Star Runner among others. Driven by the frighteningly tight and urgent rhythmic prowess of drummer Eoin Ryan and bassist Cian O’Leary, Fingersmith serve up the most incendiary of foundations. Coloured by guitars of venom from Shane O’Leary and vocalist Philip Murphy, the songs circle your head one moment, only to stab you in the chest the next. With memorable riffs, searing melodies and shout out loud hooks, “The Annexe” fires out a track-listing which scarcely features a song that would not merit release as a single. While the album maintains its adrenalin through the more down tempo “Class Clown” and “Everyone’s around”, the real triumph of Fingersmith’s song writing on this release lies in the marriage of this choppy and intense electrical storm with unique and hook-laden vocals. Thematically the songs maraud seamlessly from real life stories to imaginary worlds. Songs of conflict in a crumbling world of broken homes and serial killer clowns paint a vivid picture that is both kind and brutal in its honesty. Rather than trying to please you, “The Annexe” presents Fingersmith as they are, telling it how it is - daring you - through a haze of words ripped from the heart and spat out with sincerity - to press repeat on your stereo, and in your head.